Aaron Ward

And they're not all the same kind of style player.

Andrew Ladd taking out Rolison and Andrew Ladd taking out Carlson.

Well, there you go.

That's right.

There you go.

think the most fun is looking at this roster and getting everybody's little story right so carolina everybody thought all right for carolina to go to the next step to finally win they got to get a like we we lost out against we lost out in rent and and wait a second bringing in eelers like this is a winnipeg team that is recently disappointed they're supposed to like it's almost as if he's trans like transferring from one disappointment to another environment where why are you bringing that here

And instead, he emerges as a key piece for this team on a third line.

And then you go to Stankhoven.

The storyline with Stankhoven for me was, I live here.

The number of people that texted me, like I had the in and I'm sitting there with Tulski knowing what's going on.

On the surface, you look like you lost at Rantanen.

But the truth is, as time goes on, what you may realize is Stankhoven was a better piece and a better fit for this team than the Rantanen would have been.

Yes, he has an amazing skill set.

And people are going to come to me and say, like, you're high saying that about Rendon.

No.

If you look at the philosophy of this team about the greater good, you have to fit.

The foundation before they came into the playoffs was set.

And that is why this team, when approached with adversity, was already ready to answer the bell.

You got punted in game one against Montreal.

You leaned on the fact that you had a bunch of time off.